Rolls-Royce reviews

The environment at the Indianapolis plants is little to be desired. The buildings are old, nasty, and need to be torn down and re-built. There is too much control by the "mother-ship" PLC in the UK that is prevents RRC from making it a better place to work. From the old and dirty buildings to the strangle-hold on the head count, the US side is held back. The food offered is deplorable. The different business units and groups need to work together more on technology products that will actually be useful. Upper management in Indy need to look at the best technology solutions to solve the complex problems rather than following the mandates put down by PLC.

Rolls-Royce is matrix organisation and therefore clear reporting lines and accountability are almost non-existent. There are exceptions, but by and large it is easy to hide behind the complexity. We spend far too much time driving consensus and not enough time making and implementing decisions. Rolls-Royce also has some remanence of the civil service culture that permeates much of our decision making process. We are top heavy and do not empower people to make decisions and then hold them accountable.